The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-03
THE MENAaRR1E IN FASHION.
Drake's Magazine.

Drake's Magazine.
 At a little after one o'clock a m, recently, sound was heard coming from the direction of MT. Chimpanzee Crowlev's cage, in the menagerie at Central Park, and moment later the distinguished Darwinian link jumped softly to the floor. Then he proceeded to unbar the cages of the lions, tigers, and other animals. They quickly joined MT. Crowley, forming a circle about him.
 "Are we all here?" asked Mir. Crow ley, seating himself in a convenient chair and gracefully throwing one leg over the other.
 "We are," said big lion.
 q suppose, ladies and gentlemen" said Mr. Crowley, "you are aware of the object of this meeting"
 Yes," came ill chorus from the as- sembled animals.
 "We have qeen grossly insulted, and our rights as civilized animals are inn peached," continued MT. Crowley, rising to his feet. "As an adopted citizen of the United States I for one protest" (cries of "hear, hear," from the tigers.) "No self-respecting com- munity of animals can be expected to submit to the treatment we are receiv- ing. The gentleman from India has the floor"
 "I heartily endorse the words of my friend from Africa" said a stately Bengal tiger, politely lowing to the chair. "l have travelled with some of the best shows in this and other coun- tries, but never before was subjected to the humiliation of appeasing my appetite with horse meat ;yes, and car horse meat at that. As a veteran in the show business, I protest that the action taken by our keepers is beyond all precedent, and such as should call forth our united disapproval. Before through an unavoidable force of circumstances-I entered the show business, l was man-eater."
 "The gentleman is out of order," cried Mir. Crowley, nervously pushing back his chair.
 My friend from Africa need have no fear of my returning to man diet" :" said the tiger. "Humanity has be- come so tough that it is even worse eating than car horse"
 ''It seems that this horse diet was brought about as an economical meas ure," said MT. Crowley. "For the sake of saving the city few paltry dollars we are obliged to ruin our digestive organs or starve. This action on the part of our keepers is also set ting most deplorable precedent, and car horse is soon likely to become the universal food throughout the men, ageries of the country, if we do not at once take firm stand against it."
 "I suggest" said lively little leop- ard, "that we at once send our cir culars to all the butchers, calling upon them to boycott all the shows and menageries using horse- meat, and to insist that nothing but tenderloin steak be purchased for us."
 "Why not put in clause about game in season?" asked wildcat. Canvas backs I understand are now in the market, but here we are com pelled to live on horse"
 "We must first organize, gentlemen" ," said MT. Crowley. 'I move we form ourselves into Menagerie Union No. 1, A. o. of N. A."
 "What does A. O. of N. A. stand for?" asked the lion.
 "Ancient Order of Noah's Ark" re- piled MT. Crowley, proudly. q flat ter myself we can go back as far as the best of 'em."
 7 The motion was then put to vote and carried unanimously. Mir. Crow ley being elected president of the order, pro tem., a series of resolutions were drawn up calling upon the civil : ized animals of the entire country to join the order, and send in their assess ments to Mir. Crowley, at the earliest possible date. It was further resolved to have five thousand dodgers struck of upon blood-red paper, bearing the legend: "Boycott Horse meat Menage- ries," and that the legend be also car ried through the park and principal streets by sandwich men.
 The meeting then proceeded to draw up series of grievances and demands to be submitted to the Central Park Menagerie Management setting forth that the order could no longer submit to the degradation of eating car- horses, and demanding diet made up of the choicest cuts of beef, lamb, and antelope, with liberal supply of game, fish, vegetables, fruits, and other provisions in their season.
 of these demands are not immedi- ately compiled with I shall call out the entire order," said President Crow ley, land if we strike I feel positive our action will result in a general tie up of every show in the country. Gentlemen and ladies, we are organ ized and we have our miserable parsi- monious keepers at our feet. I cau- l tiOn you, however. not to resort to